, 1887-06-16
THE HEADLIGHT,
scraps of News in Relation to Washing
ton Territory Railroads Gathered
from Every where.


Conductor Plumb gees on the Spo-
kane ~ palouse branch to-morroV
where he will remain for some time.
-Sprague Journal.
A new time card has been strung
for through trains to Tacoma via
Pasco and the Cascade division, but
it is not known when it will go into
effect. The east bound passenger
will arrive here about three hours
later than at present.-Sprague
journal.
G. b. Cole, the newly appointed
superintendent of the Cascade divi-
sion and of the Pacific division and
branches of the Northern Pacific II.
r.. arrived in Tacoma last week.
He registers from Seymour, Ind. He
was lately connected with the Ohio
u Mississippi r.. r.. as master OF
TRANSPORTATION. He is an experienced
railroad man, having been thirty
years in the business, Assistant Cen
eral Manager Buckley having been
an associate with him in former days.
He will at once assume the duties of
his Office. journal.
On Wednesday the first car OF beef
cattle to go from east of the noun
tains, by direct rail route, lett here.
They were shipped by Please Bounds
to Rice q Gardner, butchers, Seattle.
Yakima Farmer.
Tuesday afternoon, says the Van
cOuver Register, Il surveying party
started from Vancouver to make n
preliminary survey from This city ia
tGe coal field, on tn. mead waters ut
Lewis river, for the Vancouver,
Klickitat q Yakima Railroad COM
pany. The party consists of II. a.
Habersham, chief engineer; ~. D..
Black wood, assistant engineer, and
5. II. White, James Crawford, Cam
eron Groat, Michael O'Fiaherty,
Eric Johnson, Charles Dupuis, Jack
O'Donnell, Mr.. Carey, Mr.. McGowan
and Mr.. Wallace. The party viii be
absent about three weeks. Every
body is encouraged by this move
ment of the company. 1T means
business.
From the Cotton Eagle the follow
ing items regarding the Spokane IL
Palouse are Cleaned: The s. Il =.
Co. have ordered ten miles more
road located from GeneSee on to-
wards the Potlatch. The s. ~ p.
graders will have their road COM
pleted between Belmont & Pullman
d
at Garfield about the right of way
through the town, and in conse-
quence the S. * y. graders were not
| the >. d =. will commence this week
Wages on the S. d p, $4 per day for
man and two horses; laborers, 50;
board, S5 and 1925; feed for team
$2.l5 per hundred. $. ~ l.. survey
ors moved camp on the Goth of May
to within four and one-half miles Of
Geuesee. VIII return 20 Cotton this
week.
On June 18th the Cascade division
will be in the hands of the operating
department from Pasco to Tacoma,
and on that day the passenger train
p. M. and arrivelat North Yakima al
from Tacoma will arrive here at 1C
p. m. and meet the west bound train
atTopnish statiOn.-Yakima Farmer.
The bridge to be built across the
Columbia at Kennewick is located
below and so near the present in.
clines that it Is thought safer to lay
wire cable across the river between
the inclines to be used during high
WlnuS 10 Keep Cuo CrduSIor UO6C lrOLu
drifting onto the piers of the bridge.
The cable was expected at the place
May 2Sth, but was delayed on ac.
count of the cave in the Mullan tun.
mel. One of the largest Ainsworth
bridge scows is being fitted up and
| as soon as finished will be attached
| in front of the transfer steamer Bill.
lings, making her $50 feet long, and
allowing her to transfer full pas
senger train at one trip.-Yakima
| Farmer.
One Monday the Northern Pacific
general land Office will be open fol
business in Tacoma, having been re.
moved from Portland.
DIR. JOS. Jorgensen has departed
for Portland, where he will be in the
employ of the Northern Pacific al
land agcnt.-Walla Walla States
man.